Chimeras — fantastical creatures composed of different animal parts — have appeared across cultures representing the wondrous, the grotesque, and the inherent complexity of identity. In ancient Greece ...

A romantic will say you carry your mother in your heart. Amy Boddy will say you carry her cells in your body. And now she’s going to lead an international team of scientists who intend to unlock the ...

Mothers often feel connected to their children; now science tells us that that the connection is literally true ... and that idea is bringing comfort to a number of women who have suffered a loss.

In normal pregnancy, one of the ways in which maternal–fetal interaction occurs is through the exchange of cells. Maternal–fetal exchange results in microchimerism, defined as small amounts of foreign ...

They may grow up and move out of the house, but some part of a mother’s child always stays with her. And that can be a bad break for mom. In a new study, scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research ...

Scientists have found what could be a first-ever causative link between the concentration of circulating Y-chromosome fetal cells in women who gave birth and their risk of later developing breast ...

Mothers often feel connected to their children; now science tells us that that the connection is literally true ... and that idea is bringing comfort to a number of women who have suffered a loss.